"By the Sea of Galilee a company had gathered to see and hear Jesus—an eager, expectant throng. The sick were there, lying on their mats, waiting to present their cases before Him. It was Christ's God-given right to heal the woes of a sinful race, and He now rebuked disease, and diffused around Him life and health and peace. COL 33.2 As the crowd continued to increase, the people pressed close about Christ until there was no room to receive them. Then, speaking a word to the men in their fishing boats, He stepped into the boat that was waiting to take Him across the lake, and bidding His disciples push off a little from the land, He spoke to the multitude upon the shore. COL 34.1"
"And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship."
Both passages describe Jesus teaching from a boat near the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The EGW passage describes a similar event, making this a thematic parallel.
"And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers."
Both passages describe Jesus near the Sea of Galilee, with crowds gathering. While not a direct quote, the setting and general events are similar, suggesting a thematic parallel. The EGW passage describes a scene that is consistent with the general narrative of Jesus' ministry around the Sea of Galilee, as depicted in Matthew 4:18.
"“Behold, the sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them” (R.V.); “some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.” COL 34.3"
"A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it."
EGW directly quotes Luke 8:5 (and parallel accounts) in this passage.
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;"
The EGW passage directly quotes Matthew 13:3, making it an explicit allusion.
"And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up."
The EGW passage directly quotes Mark 4:4, making it an explicit allusion.